'An American military analyst says US Navy’s recent attack on a small fishing boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates proves previous evidence that it is launching false-flag operations in the Persian Gulf to incriminate Iran and wage a new war.

In an article published on the Press TV website on Tuesday, Gordon Duff said in 2005, Americans, garbed in "Islamic Guard" uniforms operating three Zodiac-type boats, approached American ships in the Persian Gulf.“

At the same time, radio traffic was generated under the identifier ‘rabbit’ and was claimed to be containing threats and taunts against the American Navy.”The analyst noted that despite the cover-up, these signals came from sources working with the US "false-flag" team, sources inside the security services of Bahrain.'